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means To revise, correct, or refine a piece of writing, film, or other work — cutting, rearranging, and polishing it into its final shape.

from From the Latin 'editus,' past participle of 'edere,' meaning 'to give out, put forth, publish' — literally 'to give out of' (from 'e-,' out, and 'dare,' to give). The verb 'edit' is actually a back-formation: English first had 'editor' (one who publishes), and only later carved the verb 'edit' out of it, the way a sculptor finds a statue inside a block. So the word that now means 'cut things down' was itself trimmed out of a longer one.